choach · thorn, hook

What it means

choach (חוֹחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thorn, hook”.

A thornbush, a prickly plant that grows wild in the field (2 Kings 14:9; Song of Songs 2:2). It also names the hook or ring put on an animal or a captive (Job 41:2; 2 Chronicles 33:11).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A wild plant full of prickles that grows on abandoned land.
2. A barb to hold an animal or prisoner.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• thistle ×4
• thorns ×3
• hook ×1
• hooks ×1
• thistles ×1
• thorn ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Job×2
• Proverbs×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Hosea×1

• 2 Kings 14:9

  Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

• 2 Chronicles 25:18

  Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

• 2 Chronicles 33:11

  So YHWH brought against them the commanders of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

• Job 31:40

  instead of wheat let thorns come up, and instead of barley, stinkweed.” The words of Job are ended.

• Job 41:2

  Can you put a rush in its nose, or with a hook pierce its jaw?

• Proverbs 26:9

  A thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.

• Song of Songs 2:2

  Like a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the girls.

• Isaiah 34:13

  And brambles will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be an abode of jackals, an enclosure for ostriches.

• Hosea 9:6

  For look, they have gone because of the destruction; Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them; the precious things of their silver, nettles will possess them; thorns will be in their tents.

And 2 more times.